Prescriptibility of civil actions for judicial confirmation of work-group classification under labor regulations

In a ruling issued by the High Court of Cassation and Justice’s Plenary for the Settlement of Legal Issues, the court admitted the referrals from the Court of Appeal of Craiova and established a mandatory binding interpretation, effectively resolving the dispute in favor of claimants seeking retroactive professional classification by declaring such actions admissible. The case involved a conflict over the prescriptibility of civil actions filed to obtain judicial confirmation of the right to be classified into specific work groups (special or harmful working conditions) under former labor regulations, which the lower courts had questioned. Relying on a combined analysis of Articles 35 and 111 of the Civil Procedure Code, Article 2502 of the Civil Code, and Article 268(2) of the Labor Code, the court decisively held that actions for the judicial establishment of the right to work-group classification constitute common-law confirmation actions and are therefore imprescriptible, ensuring that these claims cannot be barred by the statute of limitations.